SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

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THE COASTAL POLICE STATIONS
The basic objective of establishing
Coastal Police Stations
in various Coastal States
and Union Territories is to
overcome the limitations of
the State Police in terms
of needed infrastructure and
skilled manpower to exercise
their policing jurisdiction effectively
in the Territorial Waters
(i.e. up to 12 nautical
miles from the shore ) . It
must be borne in mind that
the Coastal Police Stations
are regular Police Stations of
the State with full fledged jurisdiction
on the Territorial
Waters off the Coast and a
portion of Coastal land.
5.1 POWERS
1. The Officials of Coastal
Police Stations shall exercise
all Police powers
conferred on them
vide Criminal laws of
the land,eg.
(a) IPC 1860
(b) CrPC 1973
(c) Indian Evidence
Act, 1872
(d) Indian Passports
Act 1967
(e) The Foreigners
Act, 1946
(f) Indian Arms Act,
1959
(g) Indian Explosive
Act,1884
(h) Explosive Substances
Act 1908
(i) Inland Steam Vessels
Act 1917
(j) Indian Fisheries
Act 1897
(k) Maritime Zones of
India Act 1981
(l) Unlawful Activities
Prevention Act
1967 and
(m) various other existing
Laws, Codes
and Enactments,
including the Special
and Local
Laws.
2. Police Officers of these
Coastal Police Stations
shall exercise all Police
powers to enter, inspect,
search, seize and examine
any place, carriage
or vessel about
whose association/ involvement
with some
suspects, criminals, illicit
explosives, arms,
ammunition or contraband,
credible information
has been received
and to take legal action
according to the law.
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5.2 Duties of the
Coastal Police
Coastal Police Station has jurisdiction
that extends into
the sea upto 12 Nautical Miles
with or without landed territory.
These Police Stations
therefore, have maritime
component besides intelligence
and investigation
wings to effect better surveillance
and control over sea,
coast, creeks and other water
ways connected to sea.
Coastal Police Station will
be engaged in policing the
Territorial Waters with a view
to enforce the criminal laws
of the country, protecting national
interests in such waters
and providing a sense
of security to the inhabitants
and other stakeholders in the
Coastal areas.
1. Search and seizure in respect
of trawlers, vessels,
fishing boats and to
apprehend persons involved
/ suspected to be
involved in drug trafficking,
explosives, contraband
goods, arms and
ammunition, dangerous
materials smuggling of
and trafficking in human
beings etc in contravention
of Law in order to
prevent these unlawful
activities.